aigne

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aicned (“inherent quality, essence, nature”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aigne f (genitive singular aigne)

  1. (literary) nature, character
  2. mind, disposition
  3. spirit, cheerfulness
  4. intention
  5. (figuratively) strong spirit, stomach

Declension

Declension of aigne (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aigne
vocative a aigne
genitive aigne
dative aigne
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an aigne
genitive na haigne
dative leis an aigne
don aigne

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aigne
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aigne n-aigne haigne not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aicned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 150, page 29

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aicned (“inherent quality, essence, nature”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aigne f (genitive singular aigne, plural aignean)

  1. mind, temper, disposition
  2. psyche, spirit, affection, thought

Declension

Declension of aigne (class IId feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative aigne aignean
genitive aigne aignean
dative aigne aignean; aignibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) aigne (na) h-aignean
genitive (na) h-aigne (nan) aignean
dative (an) aigne (na) h-aignean; h-aignibh✝
vocative aigne aignean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of aigne
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aigne n-aigne h-aigne t-aigne

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aigne”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aicned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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